In the 2025 KBO Rookie Draft, only two of the players scheduled to graduate from a four-year college were selected by professional clubs.
In response, the four-year university baseball managers' council (Chairman Sohn Dong-il, manager of Wonkwang University Baseball Division) issued a statement on the 4th and urged the government to come up with measures, saying, "The crisis in university baseball is a problem for the entire Korean baseball."
The coach council said in a statement on the 4th, "The four-year college baseball supervisor meeting held a meeting in Daejeon and was shocked and disappointed by the results of college players' nominations, which were less than 10% in the last KBO draft, and took seriously that college baseball could be killed."
A total of 1,197 people participated in the KBO Rookie Draft held on September 11. Of these, 110 were selected by 10 KBO League teams. However, only 16 were college players out of 110. Most of the players were scheduled to graduate from two-year colleges, and four-year college players had more early drafts than those who were scheduled to graduate.
The supervisor's council also said, "The supervisor's meeting is feeling a great sense of crisis as college baseball, which was an important pillar of Korean baseball, has been neglected not only by universities but also by professionals." The fall of college baseball is not just a matter of college baseball, but it has a very negative impact on the choice of youth to start baseball and the career paths of middle and high school players, and ultimately, the foundation of Korean baseball could be lost."
"The supervisor's meeting decided that the reality of today's college baseball is not just a matter of the KBO draft, but also that of the university baseball itself and its leaders, and decided to come up with a strong reform plan for the university baseball," he said.
In addition, 스포츠토토 the supervisor's meeting concluded, "The crisis of college baseball is not just a problem for college baseball, but for the entire Korean baseball, and we urge the Korea Baseball Softball Association and KBO to cooperate in actively preparing development measures for the creation of a healthy ecosystem for Korean baseball and the development of the baseball industry."